Posted on: March 20th, 2013

This is essentially a review of an introduction to a book. Not a few readers are no doubt wondering just how much one can say about an introduction, especially an introduction to a machzor of nearly 1,300 pages. The answer: a lot.

Posted on: March 20th, 2013

We have a custom of reciting Shir HaShirim (the Song of Songs) on the Shabbat during Pesach. Many reasons have been offered to explain why.

Posted on: March 20th, 2013

To understand Obama's visit to Israel, the next four years, and European Union diplomacy, keep this strange and contorted logic in mind

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Posted on: March 19th, 2013

We cannot and must not allow responsibility for our security to be in the hands of anyone else but ourselves. Not at any time.

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Posted on: March 18th, 2013

The defamation of the Jewish people must be called out and stopped at all times, not only when it is convenient and politically correct to do so.

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Posted on: March 17th, 2013

Hamas wants Palestinians civilians, especially babies, to be killed precisely so that they can display the kind of photographs that were shown around the world.

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Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Before Chavez came to power there were 30,000 Jews in Venezuela. The community has now dwindled to fewer than 9,000.

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

In cases where the Nazi regime judged that protest could spark attention from the broader German public, the decision was made for tactical reasons to appease rather than quell with brute force.

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Posted on: March 13th, 2013

As a teenager growing up in Russia in the late 1800s, Trumpeldor was attracted to Zionism as well as the pacifism and communalism of the philosopher Leo Tolstoy.

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Posted on: March 13th, 2013

When I visited the Gush Katif Museum in Jerusalem a couple of years ago, it was a brutal reminder of what happens when politicians make decisions that don’t involve their brains.

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Posted on: March 13th, 2013

The Israeli left, along with most of the world's pseudo-intellectual classes, has suddenly discovered Abraham Lincoln, thanks to Steven Spielberg’s much-praised movie.

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Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Remembering a great man whose love for his fellow human beings knew neither religious nor political bounds, and was happily reciprocated by all.

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Posted on: March 13th, 2013

If the U.S. is truly serious about honoring moderate Muslims, why is it not honoring those people who stick their necks out in stating their love for America and peace with Israel?

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Posted on: March 12th, 2013

To cast believers out is a heinous and cruel policy, an offense not only to men, but to Islam.

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Posted on: March 12th, 2013

US-Israel security relations have undergone a subtle, negative change in the past four years.

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Posted on: March 11th, 2013

When Mein Kampf was published, many people thought it was just words. They were wrong.

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Posted on: March 11th, 2013

Honest Abe used exactly the same blockade tactic against the Confederacy over which the Israeli Left is now sobbing its eyes out.

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Posted on: March 10th, 2013

While the U.S. touts the capture of Bin Laden-s son in law, it is doing nothing to capture the killer of U.S. civilians living in Amman, Jordan.

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Posted on: March 8th, 2013

Why does Europe so fear labeling Hizbollah a terrorist organization?

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Posted on: March 6th, 2013

The Jewish world last month lost a master melamed with the passing of Rabbi Dr. David Hartman. I lost a trusted teacher and guide. Fortunate was I for the opportunity to study at his feet and be invited into his inner circle.